International Aid and Development
by BillPennington

Champion(s):

UllspergerA

Runner(s)-Up:

Kloefkorn

Quiz Description

Some questions about my profession, covering history, geography, literature, politics and economics. Suitable for all ages and backgrounds. You don't have to be an aid worker (but it might help). A good (and global) general knowledge is all that is required. And I have tried to be gentle with the use of acronyms.

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Questions:

History: Henri Dunant founded the International Committee of the Red Cross after witnessing the aftermath of which 1859 battle in northern Italy, fought between the allied armies of Napoleon III of France and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ranged against the Austrian forces of Emperor Franz Josef I?

Governance: On 2 July 2010 the United Nations General Assembly created a new agency by merging the existing Division for the Advancement of Women, the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, and the United Nations Development Fund for Women. What is the name of this merged agency?

War: Named after the battle recounted in the book and film "Black Hawk Down", the point at which international involvement in a conflict situation shifts from peacekeeping to combat is known as The ________ Line. Answer with the name of the battle/location.

Peace: What international NGO, winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize and best known for its work in conflict zones and response to outbreaks of disease, was formed in 1971 by two groups of French doctors originally as a response to the crisis in Biafra? The organisation supplies medical professionals, logistics experts and water and sanitation engineers in humanitarian emergencies. Either the French and English name of the organisation is acceptable.

Gross Generosity: The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), collects and publishes data on international flows of aid, known as Official Development Assistance (ODA). Which OECD member country provides the largest volume of this form of aid, which in 2015 amounted to over US$ 30 billion per year?

Net Generosity: US$ 30 billion sounds a lot, but in terms of Gross National Income (GNI), it represents less than 0.2% of the previous country's income. So, which other OECD member country provided the largest amount of aid as a percentage of GNI, amounting to 1.4% of their national income in 2015?

Funding: By far the biggest provider of concessional finance to developing countries, which international financial institution is comprised of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association?

Non Government Organisations: Founded in 1972 to assist refugees after the country's war of liberation, BRAC is the worlds largest nongovernmental organisation. It boasts a $4.6 billion portfolio in microloans, an army of healthcare volunteers providing care to 80 million citizens, and a network of 52,000 schools serving 1.5 million students. In what country is BRAC located?

Literature: Heidi Postlewait, Kenneth Cain and Andrew Thompson wrote an honest and somewhat raunchy account of their careers in the development business, primarily with the UN in different conflict zones during the 1990s. Still freely available in second hand and airport bookstores throughout the developing world, what is the provocative title of this account of the lives of aid workers? The shortened form of the title is acceptable.

Disasters: The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004 saw an unprecedented international humanitarian response in the weeks and months that followed. The devastation affected a number of countries, however which province (or more specifically Special Administrative Region) of Indonesia, closest to the epicentre of the earthquake, was the most severely affected?

Theory: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 1998, this Bengali-born Harvard professor is the only non-American to win the National Humanities Medal (presented by Barack Obama). Most famous as a development economist and his research on famines as well as India's "missing women", his books and articles are compulsory reading for students of development. He introduced and refined his capability approach in books such as "Development As Freedom" (1999) and "The Idea Of Justice" (2009). Name him.

Film: Starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, the 2005 film "The Constant Gardener" includes an accurate portayal of the work of humanitarian and health workers in Kenya. The story is based on a number of real life cases, and the original novel is dedicated to a murdered aid worker. Who wrote this 2001 novel (of the same name)?